IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amarillo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010TX305001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010TX305001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25091
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.2597389
  • Std. Longitude: -101.9471806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Texas
  • County: TX305—Lynn
  • MLRA: 77C—Southern High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TX305—Lynn County, Texas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.K. Attebury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amarillo
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - Crop-2

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R077CY036TX Sandy Loam 16-21" PZ Jun 14 2022

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/29/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Extra Moisture Source: irrigation
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—150

    40—99

    99—150

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.3

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    978

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    135

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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose; fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—2 to 15 centimeters (0.8 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; medium roots and fine roots; fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fine roots; fine pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553118
    Bt2—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; medium roots; fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553119
    Btk1—40 to 71 centimeters (15.7 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 1 percent medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553120; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553120
    Btk2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses throughout and 3 percent medium carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553121
    Btkk—99 to 150 centimeters (39.0 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fine pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent coarse carbonate masses and 10 percent medium carbonate nodules and medium ; fragments; violent effervescence. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 553122